blandishment

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noun blan·dish·ment \ -dish-mənt \

Definition of blandishment

:something that tends to coax or cajole :allurement —often used in plural

… refuses to yield to their blandishments …
—Irving Babbitt

Recent Examples of blandishment from the Web

Pharma companies spend billions on TV ads, doctor blandishments and expensive salespeople to keep prescriptions flowing.

— NBC News, "Former Pharma Rep Now Helps Doctors Save Money on Drugs," 9 June 2017
Pharma companies spend billions on TV ads, doctor blandishments and expensive salespeople to keep prescriptions flowing.

— NBC News, "Former Pharma Rep Now Helps Doctors Save Money on Drugs," 9 June 2017
Pharma companies spend billions on TV ads, doctor blandishments and expensive salespeople to keep prescriptions flowing.

— NBC News, "Former Pharma Rep Now Helps Doctors Save Money on Drugs," 9 June 2017
Pharma companies spend billions on TV ads, doctor blandishments and expensive salespeople to keep prescriptions flowing.

— jay hancock, Kaiser Health News, "Former Pharma Reps’ New Mission: To School Docs On High Drug Costs," 8 June 2017
Sift confectioner’s sugar into a bowl, whisk in lemon juice, add still more sugar to thicken: the blandishments of my loneliness are sweet and acidic, brushed on, carefully, with a fork.

— talia lavin, The New Yorker, "Leaving a Religion and a Marriage, and Gaining a Chicken Soup," 23 Jan. 2017

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